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HEH 4: Just Smashing…

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Highlights from the Smashing Conference in New York, Custom 404 pages, beautiful calligraphy and more.

Smashing Conference Update from Scott and Dan

http://smashingconf.com/ny-2016/schedule

Design for touch

  • Future input devices (touch+keyboard/mouse, voice, etc.)
  • Design everything bigger: touch first
  • Can’t assume based solely on screensize alone anymore

    • SVG

    • Responsive SVG

      • Shared pattern language

      • Take an interface, cut it up
      • Sort elements into like piles
      • Share with team to help name the piles
      • Apply common language for element naming

        • Physical interfaces

        • http://bluetoothbeacons.com/

          • Seb Lester (Calligraphy)

          • https://www.instagram.com/seblester/
          • http://www.seblester.com/

            • CSS Modules

            • Reduce long selectors
            • Each selector is given a unique name
            • Templating library converts
            • CSS Source Mapping

              • Custom 404

              • Entertaining or useful?
              • Tracking?
              • Pages have moved
              • Self-reporting
                • ...more
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